Strongs Number: H5912
- Hebrew Word
- עָכָן
- Transliteration
- ʻÂkân
- Phonetic
- aw-kawn'
- Part of Speech
- Proper Name Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
troublesome; {Akan} an Israelite
- BDB Definition
-
Achan = "troubler"
1. a Judaite who violated God's specific ban on taking any loot from the captured city of Jericho and was stoned to death along with his family for this violation
- Origin
- From an unused root meaning to trouble
- Bible Usage
- Achan. Compare H5917 .